If 500 miles feels a bit daunting, the Hoodoo 300 is a great option!

Easy Logistics:  The route is a perfect loop, starting/ending in beautiful St. George, Utah. Same logistics, covers the same route (but not ALL of it, obviously), same super-friendly relay team rules as the Hoodoo 500. Your ride. Your strategy.

Race Headquarters, Best Western Abbey Inn, is a nice, clean, roomy, modern and very reasonably priced hotel. Racer check in, race meeting, start/finish line, and after party/banquet are all in one central location.

St. George is about ninety minutes from Las Vegas, four hours from Salt Lake City and only a five to six hour drive from most of southern California. You can fly directly to St. George or take an inexpensive shuttle from Las Vegas. Rental vehicles are readily available in either location.

The Route:  Not a single inch of the route is repeated. The scenery is amazing. Other than the very short stretches of road getting in and out of St. George and Cedar City, traffic on most of the route is virtually non-existent. There are only a handful of traffic lights and stop signs, and zero urban blight.

Road conditions are stellar! Utah takes wonderful care of their roads and highways. Generally speaking, the pavement is smooth, without potholes or expansion gaps or long stretches of rough road where cracks have been filled in but remain bumpy and uneven. The roads are virtually litter and glass free!

Team Race Format: Relay teams choose their own strategies. There are few restrictions on when or how often racers may exchange. A team may have one or both riders on the course at the same time, in a paceline.

Earlybird Entry – Thanksgiving Day to March 31:
• Solo: $365
• Nomad: $385
• 2-Person and Tandem: $620

Strandard Entry – April 1 to July 31:
• Solo: $415
• Nomad: $425
• 2-Person and Tandem: $670

Important Registration Information:

• Entry fees are non-refundable; but if you let us know 90 days before the race, you may defer a portion of your entry to the following year. That said, sometimes life gets in the way, so your best bet is to purchase for a nominal fee during registration the event cancellation insurance. More information about the cancellation insurance and cancellation policy here.

• Registration closes July 31st.

• Relay Team and Tandem Team entrants:  If one person registers for all team members, please make sure you have accurate information for each (email and mailing address at minimum). Teams must choose a team name to be used during the race. Please use good taste, as Race Directors have discretion to veto team names. 
• Flexibility regarding relay team rosters:  Each team must enter with two riders. If a team members gets hurt or cannot start, substitutions are allowed to the team roster until 5pm Friday before the start.

Included with your Hoodoo 300 entry:

• LIVE Tracking includes your GPS SPOT tracker rental.
• Tech t-shirt. Shirts for your Crew may be purchased during registration.
• Official Finishers receive a custom medal and cycling jersey.
• Awards ceremony and breakfast banquet: One ticket per rider plus one crew ticket. Extra crew tickets may be purchased with registration. Your banquet ticket is also a raffle ticket. Lots of fun prizes up for grabs!
• Podium awards (if you’re a top finisher in a division with more than 5 competitors).
• Event Book, Route Sheets, Registration Forms (electronic copies) and access to route RideWithGPS files for download.
• Entry and passage through Snow Canyon State Park, Dixie National Forest and Cedar Breaks National Monument.
• Included for Nomads only: Drop bag service to Panguitch time station.

Hoodoo requires a year-round organizational effort. In addition to the items above, we also provide these all-important non-tangibles:

• An outstanding, scenic and incredibly challenging course through Utah’s beautiful color country.
• Festive and professional start/finish line.
• Live and active weekend webcast with updated time-splits and active Facebook feed.
• Year-round access to a live person who will answer emails within 24-hours and help you prepare for the experience of a lifetime!
• Access to historical data and event records for each division and category.
• And so much more!

Click here for the 2025 RideWithGPS map and elevation profile of the route (very likely to change for 2026 and beyond). Please note: RWGPS is showing a dirt section beginning at mile 65.5 which was paved several years ago. We promise you, there are no dirt roads on our amazing route!

Click here for time station to time station RWGPS maps for crew. Again, very likely to change for 2026.

Generally speaking, the 300 route starts with the 500 route and is the same until the 500 mile riders turn right on Highway 12 towards Bryce Canyon; where, the 300 racers stay left and head to Panguitch. From the Panguitch Time Station the route is the same as the 500 route again. 

Please note: With a route this distance, it’s simply impossible to not have some traffic-y miles without a great shoulder. Some of the less great roads have no other option. Whether racing or riding in our local communities, we take some risks while cycling. This is no different. 

Click here to see some photographs of the route.

Riders interested in seeing the entire course at a leisurely pace (a week), in full daylight, should check out our Planet Ultra Tour of Southern Utah.

The sole purpose of Rules is to strive for safety (although road cycling is inherently dangerous), ensure competitive fairness and to comply with various permit requirements.

We trust that every racer and every crew member understands that the consequences for breaking or even bending a rule is less a measure of time (even if you get a penalty) than a measure of personal integrity. So if it were possible to have just ONE rule, it would be this: Don’t be a jerk. That actually covers quite a lot.

Everything in the Rules seemed important enough to put in writing. For anything else that comes up, we (Race Directors) will attempt to do what is right and what is fair, and not be jerks about it. We have final say over Rules, their interpretation and enforcement; and we may at any time alter the Rules or invent new ones. If a racer or crew plans to do something not explicitly covered by the Rules, they are encouraged to inquire in advance.

Click here to READ THE RULES. We’ll know if you don’t.

The Nomad division is open to everyone and no request for entry is required.

While there are no specific qualification standards, potential Nomads must understand that this is a very challenging route with the potential for extreme weather changes and long stretches with no services.You absolutely must be willing to put a rack and bag on your bike, as well as carry a camelbak. You absolutely must be willing to carry everything you could possibly need to make it through a long, dark and cold night. You absolutely must be willing to study the route and do as much research as required to plan your refueling stops, rest stops if needed, and water sources.  Before signing up, do your homework!

For a newbie Nomad, at the very minimum your cycling experience should include completion of a 300k brevet (or equivalent), 24 hour event or a supported 300-mile race within the past two years.

Click here for more Nomad information.